Dalai La A Quotes & Sayings

In principle I'm an atheist, although in fact I have a lot of faith — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Though the ancients were ignorant of the principles of Christianity there were in them the germs of its spirit. — Herman Melville

This earth is my sister; I love her daily grace, her silent daring, and how loved I am. How we admire this strength in each other, all that we have lost, all that we have suffered, all that we know: We are stunned by this beauty, and I do not forget: what she is to me, what I am to her. — Susan Griffin

Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world. — William James

Reporters trade in pain. It sells papers. Everyone knows that. — Jonathan Maberry

The sessions with Mr. Dubois continued, but it was in the private parlor of Abigail Braddock that Sarah Biddle received the greatest knowledge, for in Mrs. Braddock's private parlor Sarah Biddle learned not only to read books, but also to love them. — Stephanie Grace Whitson

If a person thinks he can be happy without making those around him happy, he's crazy. — L. Ron Hubbard

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it. — Andre Agassi

We have become outsiders just as Jesus was an outsider. We are marginal in our culture because Jesus is marginal. The cross is the ultimate expression of marginalization and to follow him is to take up our cross daily. It is daily to experience marginalization and hostility. Being on the margins is normal Christian experience. Christendom was the aberration. Rather than assume we should have a voice in the media or on Main Street, we need to regain the sense that anything other than persecution is an unexpected — Tim Chester

'Everything happens for a reason' is something that we have to tell ourselves all the time, because it's good to have the idea that something good is around the corner. — Margot Robbie

When we started publishing, you had to be better than good. You had to be excellent. But as long as people are reading, I don't care what they're reading. — Sandra Cisneros

Cupids laughed round it as of old. — Oscar Wilde

It has been my experience that competency in mathematics, both in numerical manipulations and in understanding its conceptual foundations, enhances a person's ability to handle the more ambiguous and qualitative relationships that dominate our day-to-day financial decision-making — Alan Greenspan